Technical Specification

Product: Dell S-Series S5212F-ON Switch

Switch type: Managed

Switch layer: L2/L3

SFP ports: 12

QSFP ports: 3

USB 2.0 ports quantity: 1

Console port: RJ-45/Micro-USB

MAC address table: 160000 entries

Switching capacity: 2160 Gbit/s

Networking standards: IEEE 802.3

Power connector: AC-in jack

Form factor: 1U

Features

Innovative data center architectural agility with 25/40/50/100GbE switches

Gain the flexibility to transform your data centers with high-capacity network fabrics that are easy to deploy, cost-effective and provide a clear path to a software-defined data center. They offer:

• High density for 25/40/50/100GbE deployments in top-of-rack, middle-of-row, and end-of-row deployments
• A choice of S5048F-ON, S5148F-ON, S5224F-ON, S5248F-ON, S5296F-ON and S5232F-ON 25 &100GbE, S6000-ON and S6010-ON 40GbE switches and the S6100-ON 10/25/40/50/100GbE modular switch
• S6100-ON modules that include: 16-port 40GbE QSFP+; 8-port 100GbE QSFP28; combo module with four 100GbE CXP ports and four 100GbE QSFP28 ports
• An ideal solution for modern workloads and applications designed for the open networking era

Optimized for the open networking era

Get more agility, more choices and lower costs than proprietary networks with select open-standards-based ON (open networking) switches.

• Disaggregated-hardware/software solutions bring new levels of freedom and flexibility to your data center.
• Support for Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) enables zero-touch installation of alternate network operating systems.
• Your choice of network operating system helps simplify data-center fabric orchestration and automation.
• A broad ecosystem of open-source and Linux-based applications and tools provides more options to optimize and manage your network.

Ready for software-defined networking

Deploy modern workloads and applications while providing an easy on-ramp to software-defined networking (SDN).

• Support for OpenFlow v1.3 provides interoperability with industry-standard OpenFlow controllers.
• VXLAN Layer 2 Gateway enabling allows connection to hypervisor-based overlay networks.
• Third-party OS support provides an easy entry point to SDN for part or all of your production environment.

Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5212F-ON

Modernize compute, storage and HCI connectivity with this half-width 1RU ToR switch that features 12 x 25GbE SFP28 ports, and 3 x 100GbE QFSP28 ports. The S5212F-ON also supports Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero-touch installation of network operating systems.

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2017 CRN Annual Report Card: SMB Networking Winner

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